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Screen Australia has announced over $3.2 million in funding to be invested in the production of ten documentaries on uniquely Australian topics.

The Greens Party has announced plans to launch a $350 million buy-back scheme to reduce gun crime across the country.

Public sector workers want a wage increase in line with government inflation figures in the Northern Territory, with the possibility of strike action if their demands go unmet.

The Queensland Government may see some tangible results from an announcement that five blocks would be allocated to housing for the disabled, with one MS sufferer saying she would bake the Government a cake in thanks.

A local council is refusing to go to bat for the New South Wales State Government, saying it will not collect fees imposed on land services.

The West Australian government has paid attention to the massive public and governmental criticism of plans to cut the state’s solar feed-in tariff, the Premier has decided not to go ahead with changes he now calls the “wrong decision.”

A top-level business consultant and author says that management skills need to be updated in order to compete on the changing global stage.

A marketing stunt has turned into an HR nightmare with over twenty people injured at the launch of a mobile phone.

An organisation which tries to make workplaces better for employees says bosses should think about turning work into a game.

A team of psychiatrists and neuroscientists at Monash University is claiming success in tests using intense magnetic fields to treat patients with drug-resistant depression.

A new study has revealed the effects of the rapid loss of giant ancient creatures, whose massive droppings played a significant role in forming the current ecosystem.

The Federal Government has re-enlivened support for a conservation group which removes deadly abandoned fishing nets from Australian seas and waterways.

A new study from the University of Melbourne aims to make one of the world’s most liveable cities even more liveable.

New research into efficient and sustainable models for public transport has been undertaken by scientists at the University of Sydney, hopefully leading to a world without traffic jams.

A Spanish company is making moves towards the energy future, growing their first crop of algae which will be used to manufacture bio-fuel.

A team of engineering students at the University of New South Wales has had a re-think of the traditionally super-sleek solar car design, remodelling the sun-mobile with humans in mind.

Researchers at CSIRO have developed a new technique which paves the way for the next generation of portable potable water devices.

A study of various types of coral reef fish has highlighted the barriers they face in evolution; barriers which define species and help create new ones too.

The Victorian State Government has launched a new strategy for the state to deal with the expected growth in freight volumes in coming years, the announcement of the Victorian Freight and Logistics Plan has been welcomed by the nation-wide Australian Logistics Council (ALC).

Items washed out by floods travel in the opposite direction to garbage dumped at sea, according to new research from the Central Queensland University.